trademark violation

Last month, we wrote about a bill proposed in the Senate that would outlaw phishing even though phishing is already illegal.

If it merely restated that phishing was illegal, that would be one thing (a basic waste), but it also added some other points that were problematic, including taking away the right to anonymity in registering domain names.

It turns out the bill may actually be much worse than that -- but it may depend on how it's read.

Back in December, we wrote about a company that was selling a product it claimed would provide you with a facelift in an hour.

Not surprisingly, many people weren't impressed with the results of such a product (which was advertised widely on TV) and wrote about it on such sites as InfomercialScams.com.

The company behind the product proceeded to sue InfomercialScams claiming trademark infringement.

There were just a few problems with this.